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Bradley's Northfield Square Mall setting is home to the Bradley 315 Fest, beginning Thursday and running thru Saturday.  The attraction is about promoting tourism and summer-time fun. The three-evening entertainment includes...

IROQUOIS COUNTY – The Illinois Department of Transportation begins work today (6/3) on three bridges crossing Interstate 57.  The work is part of a larger $30.6 million project on I-57 from the Buckley interchange (exit 272)...

Daniela Hernadez-Patrevito a 2026 graduate of the registered nursing program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nursing Students.  The annual award is part of The DAISY...

45-year-old Billy Walker faces several felony charges in connection with what authorities call an illegal dogfighting ring.  On file are charges that include 18 counts of dog fighting, 2-counts of animal torture, and...

Former Tilton, Illinois Police Chief Steve Cornett is being remembered after he was fatally struck by a vehicle on Wednesday morning while he was working as a construction contractor at the Interstate 57/74 interchange in...

Motorists are slowed today in Champaign after a construction worker was hit and killed along I-74.  It happened in the eastbound lanes, near milepost 179, according to State police reports.  A pickup truck pulling a...

                     -Sheriff Mike Downey: this is a tremendous loss for our agency and all who knew Officer Barrera- — Kankakee County Corrections Officer Luis Barrera and...

The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office has identified two people killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday in Momence. 22-year-old Lewis Barrera of Momence and 21-year-old Alani Camarga of St. Anne are the victims. Momence Police...

An alleged dog-fighting ring hed led to the recovery of 18 dogs in Pembroke Township.  Kankakee County Animal Control and the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group executed a search warrant late Friday at a...

37-year-old Octavia Renee Murphy of Bourbonnais pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the SBA (Small Business Administration) of nearly $170,000.  Prosecutors claimed she submitted false applications for...